A Morning with God (85/365)
I don’t think things could have gone any better during this photo shoot. Period.
I wanted to catch a sunrise at the beach before I left Miami. Unfortunately, the beach was about a 10 min drive from the hotel, and I didn’t have a car. I was planning on getting up alone, grabbing a cab to a public beach, and do my own thing. A gentleman who I hit it off with at the conference, Kevin Maire, wanted to go as well – so the both of us got up and took his rental car to the beach at 6am.
When I told my wife Kristi this part of the story, all she could say was “how romantic” 
It was a partly cloudy morning, which is great for sunrises, as the sun plays with the clouds is amazing ways. To cap it off, this fisherman strolled into frame early on in the morning, which created some added interest in the shot.
During the morning, I had boats going across the horizon, birds circling the water looking for breakfast — everything was going perfect! I took 500+ shots, and I swear to you, 200+ of them are solid keepers. Even Kevin with his cell phone camera got some great shots!
These shots are just proof of an amazing God, and I really felt His presence this morning.
I will post a “Miami Sunrise” collection in the coming weeks, so you can see the amazing shots. I picked this one because it’s a great HDR shot I took right at the end of the morning. I struggled if I should make it an HDR, because even the individual shots are amazing without the HDR-ness. I’ll include the non-HDR version in the post as well. Which one do you like better?
Non-HDR version:
